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Kinetics Of Methyl Ketone And Levulinic Acid Oxidative Scission Over Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts, Ran Zhu
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Levulinic acid (LA) is a platform chemical derived from lignocellulosic biomass. Among the various applications LA has in industrial commodities and specialty chemicals, we previously reported a novel pathway that converts LA to maleic anhydride (MA) in high yields through methyl a-carbon oxidative scission over supported vanadium oxide catalysts. However, the high selectivity of methyl scission during LA oxidation appears to be unexpected according to the trends observed during the analogous oxidative scission of methyl ketones (e.g., 2-butanone and 2-pentanone). The impacts of vanadium oxide structures, metal oxide substrates, and methyl ketone molecular structures on both selectivity and reactivity of …
Process Development Of Shale Gas Assisted Lignin And Biomass Reforming Through Novel Reaction Pathway And Catalyst Design To Produce Hydrogen Rich Syngas For Fuels And Value Added Chemicals, Amoolya D. Lalsare
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Novel biomass reforming strategy through synergistic co-processing with flare gas (methane and carbon dioxide) was developed at West Virginia University. Hardwood biomass comprised of lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose is abundant in the US and potentially a sustainable source of hydrogen through extensive reforming and gasification. Ever-increasing shale gas production in the US occasionally leads to flaring owing to stranded production across the US. Achieving biomass co-processing with natural gas about to be flared in such stranded shale plays is the underlying motivation here. A novel reaction pathway was discovered wherein methane and carbon dioxide assisted reforming of biomass could be …